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No. 492,437. Patented Feb. 28, 1893.

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JOSEPH V. SCHLOSS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BRAIDlNe-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,437, dated February28,1893.

Application tiled May 25, 1892. Serial No. 434,306. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. SCHLOSS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braiding-Machines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making braid.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for use in connectionwith braiding machines by which a purled or raised edge may be formed onone or both edges of the braid simultaneously with the formation of thebody of the fabric. I am aware that I am not the first to produceamachine for this purpose, but my invention is designed as an improvementupon anything of the kind now in existence.

The invention consists of the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l represents a plan of a portion ofthe race plate of a braiding machine with my improved device attached.Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line @c a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan of a piece of the braid in the course of manufacture, with myimproved device in working position, and Fig. 4f is a sectional detail.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the race plate of anordinary braiding machine.

a are the double serpentine slot-s formed near the edges of the platemaking circular paths in which the bobbins carrying the thread of whichthe braid is made, move. In the center of the terminal circles, whichare adjacent to each other, are fixed posts B, B', carrying at theirupper ends tapering needles b, b', which extend in an upward directionto apoint above the center of the rear plate where thebraid guidedislocated. These needles are solid, but are provided with diagonalperforations b2 which extend from the outer sides of the needles towardtheir points to the inner sides, where they terminate in shallow groovesb3, twisting toward the point. This groove is not an essential featureof the needle, but is used to guide the cord over theend of the needlein the manner hereinafter described. Along the circular slots of therace plate are placed the usual concentric gears, one of which is shownat c in Fig. 2. This one is beneath the terminal circle and is mountedupon a continuation of the post B, there being a similar constructionunder the post B. The shaft upon which the gear turns 1s hollow and thebase of the post itself is p rovided with an Opening c communicatingwith the passage through the shaft. At the upper end of each post and onthe outsideof the needle, a guide c2 is placed. The cord e which formsthe raised or purled edge of the braid extends up through the hollowshaft, thence out through the opening c in the base of the post, thencethrough the guide eye cg then along the outside of the needle throughthe diagonal perforations, then it turns over the point of the needleand enters the braid as illustrated in Fig. 3.

When the machine is at work, the threads which are braided together toform the body of the fabric, are carried by the bobbins running in thecircular slots of the race plate, and they extend from these bobbinsover the tops of the needles in a diagonal direction and gradually leadacross the inner sides of the needles until they all come together andare braided over each other at the end of the braid strip. It isnecessary that these threads should not bear upon and bind the cord eonu its passage along the needles, as such action would produce a poorlyfinished braid. Therefore, I lead the cord along the outer sides of theneedles where it is not interfered with by the threads and in order toget it on to the inner sides without interference, I pass it through thediagonal perforations in the manner described. The threads forming thebody of the braid slip off the needle and fall. upon the cord e, whichthereby becomes bound or interwoven with the braiding threads at theedges of the fabric and the cord assumes the spiral form illustrated inFig. 3. This spiral form is produced by the over-lapping of the braidedthreads, a certain number of overlapping threads lying between twothreads of the spiral and the design may be modified by varying thedistance between the ends of the needles. It is obvious that the purledor raised edge may be formed on one edge only of the braid, by usingonly 011e cord.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a braiding machine,the combination with the race plate, the carriers and the braid guide,of a needle supported from the center ot' a terminal circle of the raceplate extending at its tip into proximity to the braid guide, saidneedle provided near its tip With a perforation adapted for the passageof an edge or purling cord substantially as described.

2. In a braiding machine, the combination with the race plate, thecarriers and the braid guide, of a needle supported from the center of aterminal circle of the race plate extending at its tip into proximity tothe braid guide, said needle provided near its tip With a diagonalperforation adapted for the passage of an edge or purling cordsubstantially as described.

3. In a braiding machine, the combination with the race plate, thecarriers and the braid guide of two needles supported from the centersofthe terminal circles of the race plate converging at their tips inproximity to the braid guide, said needles provided near their tips Withperforations adapted for the passage of edge or purling cordssubstantially as described.

4. In a braiding machine, the combination of the race plate, thecarriers and the braid guide, of a needle supported from the center of aterminal circle of the race plate, extending at its tip into proximityto the braid guide p said needle provided near its tip With aperforation adapted for the passage of an edge or purling cord andguides located on the outer side of the needle for conducting the cordfree of the body threads substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH W. SCHLOSS.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. OBER, WM. A. RosnNBAUM.

